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Spanish news papers are begging for Google News not to be blocked

Anti-Google lobby group the AEDE, which represents publishers in Spain, has asked the country's government to prevent the ad giant from shuttering its news-scraping service. The volte-face comes after Mountain...

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Yahoo tells visitors that they should “upgrade to Firefox”

Yahoo! has started urging visitors to its homepage to "upgrade to the new Firefox" – even when they aren't using the Mozilla browser in the first place. The message, along...

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Oculus acquires two more virtual reality companies

It happens every time I strap on the Oculus Rift. Whether the amazing head-tracking wonder that is the DK2 unit or even the earlier model, I'm completely sucked into a...

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Google pulls Amazon’s Android app from the Play Store

Back in October, Amazon updated its official Android app with hidden yet fully functional access to its own app store. Amazon then vaguely mentioned the new feature in a subsequent...

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BitTorrent is testing out its own peer-to-peer web browser

BitTorrent is looking for Alpha testers for a new product called Project Maelstrom, and what that is may surprise you: a browser based on the company's peer-to-peer sharing technology. What...

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Facebook brings its “Trending” section to mobile users

Facebook introduced a new “Trending” section on the web in January to display trending stories that are frequently shared and discussed on the social network. Today, the company announced that...

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Apple is opening a new research and development center in Japan

Apple will open a technology development center just outside of Tokyo, a move that will bring it closer to parts suppliers. “We’re excited to expand our operations in Japan with...

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Yahoo announces a mobile developers conference for early 2015

In another move to shore up its image, Yahoo announced today that it will hold a conference for mobile app developers on Feb. 19, 2015, in San Francisco. The conference,...

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Facebook’s advanced search feature is finally getting the updates it needs

Nearly two years after introducing Graph Search, Facebook has added significant smarts to its advanced search feature, letting users track down posts previously shared with them. Facebook users can now...

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Instacart is raising a whopping $100 million in funding

Instacart is in the process of raising more than $100 million in an investment round that will value the grocery delivery company at $2 billion, according to a report by...

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